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- Barn Again: Reimagining the Barn with Reclaimed TimberAs part of the Copenhagen Architecture Biennial 2025, architectural designer Tom Svilans and London-based THISS Studio present Barn Again. The pavilion reinterprets the traditional…
- A hempcrete insect habitatArchitectural firm Harrison Atelier designed a pavilion made of hempcrete, especially designed to house insects. When most people hear to term pollinator, the honeybee…
- A hut made of plywood and moss provided by boarsSwedish architectural studio Ulf Mejergren Architects (UMA) in collaboration with local farmer Robert Pettersson constructed a pavilion made of plywood and moss that was…
- Steel, plastic and design freedomA new public pavilion in London is an interesting experiment in the architecture of materials. It is a stripped down podium of steel and…
- MaterialDistrict goes Floriade Part 3The International Horticulture Exhibition Floriade is hosted every ten years and this year it is held in Almere, the Netherlands, until 9 October. While…
- Tensile solar panelTensile structures have long been a fascination to architects, as they combine very light-weight construction with exquisite design. Now, an inspiring team of architects,…
- Robotic precision in manufacturing parametric designDesigned by researchers of the Institute for Computational Design and Construction (ICD) and the Institute for Building Structures and Structural Design (ITKE) at the…
- Design installations for London Design FestivalDuring London Design Festival, the V&A Museum shows a series of 12 installations, using the possibilities of AI and sustainable materials. Bamboo Ring The…
- MaterialDistrict Pop-up: I Am MaterialMaterialDistrict, the leading platform for material innovation, is feature partner of the World Architecture Festival 2018, taking place on 28 - 30 November in…
- Shell Mycelium: using mycelium to build and destroy constructionsNo building lasts forever. While there are solutions in the make, such as giving the materials a passport during construction for reuse later, a…
- Missed the Milan Design Week? Here are some material highlights! Part IIAs we all know, Salone Internazionale del Mobile di Milano, or the Milan Design Week, is the largest furniture trade fair in the world.…
- Material Xperience On Tour at METS 2013You may have read about it in our newsletters: we have some very exciting shows coming up around the world. For the first time,…
- Glass teahouseIt’s always surprisingly enjoyable to see an object or a design re-imagined in a new material. It’s not always just for fun either. This…
- ‘Selfie’ façade with ballsA kinetic façade built like a giant pin-bed machine can reproduce portraits in a huge matrix of LED lights. The pavilion is located at…
- Timber And Straw Public Centre Connects Two French DistrictsFrench architecture studio HEMAA has designed the Jacques Prévert Public Services Centre in Évry-Courcouronnes. The civic building forms a physical and social link between…
- Digital Fabrication And Metal Materials Shape Interactive Public InstallationsComputational design and digital fabrication are transforming how architects and designers work with materials. These technologies allow designers to create structures made from thousands…
- Loacker Galaxy: Wood and Steel Define New Flagship StoreTo celebrate 100 years of its hazelnut wafer, Loacker asked MoDusArchitects to redesign its flagship store in Heinfels, Austria. The project, called Loacker Galaxy,…
- Unveiling the Hidden Value of Construction WasteAt the Copenhagen Architecture Biennial 2025, the Danish architecture duo Slaatto Morsbøl presents two projects: Hands On and Inside Out, Downside Up. Both explore…
- KlimaKover: a modular, low-energy shelter tackling urban heatCities are getting hotter, and public spaces need new ways to stay comfortable. Danish architecture practice Henning Larsen, together with the University of Pennsylvania…
- A wooden folding façadeCzech architectural studio Byró Architekti designed a small wooden garden pavilion with a blackened wood façade that can be folded open. Called simply Garden…
- What not to miss at Dutch Design Week 2022 part 2Dutch Design Week 2022 takes place from 22 to 30 October in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. MaterialDistrict lists some of the most innovative material projects…
- MaterialDistrict goes Floriade Part 4The International Horticulture Exhibition Floriade is hosted every ten years and this year it is held in Almere, the Netherlands, until 9 October. While…
- A structure inspired by trees made of multiple biobased materialsFor the Italian Pavilion at the 17th Biennale Architettura in Venice, which runs from 22 May to 21 November 2021, MatRes is a metaphor…
- Façade cladding made of 100 per cent recycled plasticSaid to be the first 100 per cent recycled cladding material, the Pretty Plastic shingles by the Dutch studios Overtreders W and Bureau SLA…
